RE: Mindfulness or Mindlessness?
September 1, 2021 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2021 at 1:10 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(September 1, 2021 at 11:51 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: To return to Searle, conscious states are causally reducible to brain states (I agree with that). But they aren't ontologically reducible (because of qualia). So the point is: reductionism fails here.
Is it fair to say that according to Searle, brain-states are necessary, but insufficient causes for qualitative experiences?
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